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Current outlook: 2016 DL class

hulk

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Bo Peek, Florida 1
#40 DT
Could play nose.
Signed and almost delivered.

Garrett Rand, Arizona 1
#132 overall
Nose or DT.
Seen as a lock.

Khalid Kareem, Michigan 5
#225
Rush DE
3.7 student, just retook "high" ACT.
"The offer from Yale is huge for me."
His dad:
"Ever since he was young he has taken his academics seriously. . .I am talking about the third or fourth grade. Khalid always wanted A's or the O's for outstanding."
"He has more academic awards at the house than sports awards"
"I thought maybe he wouldn't want to take all of the AP classes the first trimester. He looked at me like 'I don't care, I'll take them."
"He had a great conversation with John Harbaughm who told him to go to a school that will set you up academically and for football.."
Kareem: "I really want to go to a college with some high standards on academics. The degree will mean a lot more when it comes to after football."
"When I was younger I'd always say I was going to Stanford."
"I've always been a fan of Coach Shaw. He coached Coach Bellamy from West Bloomfield who always spoke highly of him.
'Stanford gives me the opportunity to stay in the power 5 and get a great education.
"Kind of the best of both worlds. I'm looking forward to visiting them. I definitely am getting out there."

Daniel Joseph, Illinois 1
#267
#9 SSDE in 247
Rush DE
Private school (Lake Forest)
Says 2015 Stanford signee and Lake Forest DT Wesley Annan "is basically family to me."
A relentless worker, according to his coach.
Very athletic.
Home state Illinois and Duke, Michigan State and Vanderbilt on a modest offer list.

Thomas Schaffer. Illinois 2
6-7 teammate of Joseph and Annan.
guy who might play the Anderson DE role
Native of Austria, family still back there.
Moves well.
"A big deal to hear from would be Stanford, I like the Pac-12 a lot. . .
"My two favorites are Oregon and Stanford. Oregon has a good med program." (well, not really)
"Stanford is a good academic school that is also good at football. I like Northwestern a lot."

Mike Williams, Texas 5
#31 DT
At 300 lbs, a clear nose candidate.
Fort Worth, Texas
Very good private Episcopal school.
Terrific offer list includes Texas, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Miami
Stanford, TCU and Texas his top three.
"Stanford and Cal are the schools he will visit before any others, however."
His pastor recently gave him a Stanford recruiting pitch
Looking at coming to Stanford in May on his mom's dime.

Chidi Okonya, Riverdale, Georgia 4
#325
DE
4.1 GPA, taking AP classes.
"You have to look at the academic opportunities that a degree from Duke will do for you. It is among the top schools like Stanford and Vanderbilt."
There's a lot of good schools, a few I'm keying in on: Oregon. Duke and Stanford."
LSU, Florida, Georgia, Miami, Notre Dame, Wisconsin among offers.
Distance an issue.

Levi Onwuzurike, Texas 2

#339
"It was definitely a big offer.'
Will "for sure" consider taking a trip, though he's not certain when.
"Financially it's hard to get out there, but I'll try this summer. If not, it will probably be up on official visit list."
"They're pretty high up there. It's a smart school and great state with a good football team."

This post was edited on 4/7 2:14 PM by hulk
 
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